inclination
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Your inclination toward dreaming, and how easily you are consumed by it, is your heart’s way of creating not just a gorgeous life for yourself, but a more rose-tinted world for everyone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
By all reports, he certainly reinforced the president’s inclination to join Israel in attacking Iran this past February.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Besides appealing to what Disraeli’s later acolytes saw as the people’s inclination to a natural order, it reached around preoccupations with transforming institutions to tap into a deeper conservatism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026
Perhaps that explains why Lionel Scaloni has shown no inclination to make a change.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
“Do not you feel a great inclination, Miss Bennet, to seize such an opportunity of dancing a reel?”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
Many believe Jefferson’s frenemy Alexander Hamilton had obvious romantic inclinations toward John Laurens, a military strategist for George Washington.
From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026
And the postmeeting press conference could be especially revealing of Warsh’s policy and style inclinations.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
A lot is riding on the economic-policy inclinations of the victors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 31, 2025
Spotify Wrapped bares our souls and provides us the opportunity to see ourselves deconstructed via our musical inclinations.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 26, 2025
He was therefore well practiced in subordinating his own inclinations and style to Washington’s larger purposes.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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